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1976-77 Polls

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National Champion: Marquette
Final Four: Charlotte, Marquette, Nevada-Las Vegas and North Carolina

Consensus Player of the Year: Marques Johnson

AP Preseason #1: Michigan ▪ AP Final #1: Michigan

AP Polls

Wk Date Rk School Prev Chng Conf
1 Preseason 1 Michigan* R NA — Big Ten
1 Preseason 2 Marquette* FN NA — Ind
1 Preseason 3 North Carolina* RTF NA — ACC
1 Preseason 4 UCLA* R NA — Pac-8
1 Preseason 5 Indiana  NA — Big Ten
1 Preseason 6 Kentucky* R NA — SEC
1 Preseason 7 Nevada-Las Vegas* RF NA — Ind
1 Preseason 8 Maryland  NA — ACC
1 Preseason 9 Louisville* R NA — Metro
1 Preseason 10 Arizona*  NA — WAC
1 Preseason 11 San Francisco* R NA — WCC
1 Preseason 12 Cincinnati* T NA — Metro
1 Preseason 13 Alabama  NA — SEC
1 Preseason 14 Notre Dame*  NA — Ind
1 Preseason 15 North Carolina State  NA — ACC
1 Preseason 16 Tennessee* R NA — SEC
1 Preseason 17 Rutgers R NA — ECBL
1 Preseason 18 DePaul  NA — Ind
1 Preseason 19 Charlotte* RTF NA — Sun Belt
1 Preseason 20 Missouri  NA — Big 8
Wk Date Rk School Prev Chng Conf
2 1976-11-30 1 Michigan* R 1 NC Big Ten
2 1976-11-30 2 Marquette* FN 2 NC Ind
2 1976-11-30 3 UCLA* R 4 Up 1 Pac-8
2 1976-11-30 4 Indiana  5 Up 1 Big Ten
2 1976-11-30 5 Kentucky* R 6 Up 1 SEC
2 1976-11-30 6 Nevada-Las Vegas* RF 7 Up 1 Ind
2 1976-11-30 7 Louisville* R 9 Up 2 Metro
2 1976-11-30 8 Notre Dame*  14 Up 6 Ind
2 1976-11-30 9 North Carolina* RTF 3 Down 6 ACC
2 1976-11-30 10 San Francisco* R 11 Up 1 WCC
2 1976-11-30 11 Arizona*  10 Down 1 WAC
2 1976-11-30 12 Cincinnati* T 12 NC Metro
2 1976-11-30 13 Alabama  13 NC SEC
2 1976-11-30 14 Wake Forest*  Up  ACC
2 1976-11-30 15 Tennessee* R 16 Up 1 SEC
2 1976-11-30 16 Maryland  8 Down 8 ACC
2 1976-11-30 17 Southern Illinois* RT Up  MVC
2 1976-11-30 18 DePaul  18 NC Ind
2 1976-11-30 19 Rutgers R 17 Down 2 ECBL
2 1976-11-30 20 Charlotte* RTF 19 Down 1 Sun Belt
Wk Date Rk School Prev Chng Conf
3 1976-12-07 1 Michigan* R 1 NC Big Ten
3 1976-12-07 2 Marquette* FN 2 NC Ind
3 1976-12-07 3 UCLA* R 3 NC Pac-8
3 1976-12-07 4 Kentucky* R 5 Up 1 SEC
3 1976-12-07 5 Nevada-Las Vegas* RF 6 Up 1 Ind
3 1976-12-07 6 San Francisco* R 10 Up 4 WCC
3 1976-12-07 7 Notre Dame*  8 Up 1 Ind
3 1976-12-07 8 Cincinnati* T 12 Up 4 Metro
3 1976-12-07 9 Arizona*  11 Up 2 WAC
3 1976-12-07 10 Alabama  13 Up 3 SEC
3 1976-12-07 11 Wake Forest*  14 Up 3 ACC
3 1976-12-07 12 North Carolina* RTF 9 Down 3 ACC
3 1976-12-07 13 Indiana  4 Down 9 Big Ten
3 1976-12-07 14 Louisville* R 7 Down 7 Metro
3 1976-12-07 15 Tennessee* R 15 NC SEC
3 1976-12-07 16 Clemson  Up  ACC
3 1976-12-07 17 Maryland  16 Down 1 ACC
3 1976-12-07 18 Southern Illinois* RT 17 Down 1 MVC
3 1976-12-07 19 DePaul  18 Down 1 Ind
3 1976-12-07 20 Syracuse*  Up  Ind
Wk Date Rk School Prev Chng Conf
4 1976-12-14 1 Michigan* R 1 NC Big Ten
4 1976-12-14 2 Marquette* FN 2 NC Ind
4 1976-12-14 3 Kentucky* R 4 Up 1 SEC
4 1976-12-14 4 Notre Dame*  7 Up 3 Ind
4 1976-12-14 5 San Francisco* R 6 Up 1 WCC
4 1976-12-14 6 Cincinnati* T 8 Up 2 Metro
4 1976-12-14 7 Alabama  10 Up 3 SEC
4 1976-12-14 8 Arizona*  9 Up 1 WAC
4 1976-12-14 9 UCLA* R 3 Down 6 Pac-8
4 1976-12-14 10 Wake Forest*  11 Up 1 ACC
4 1976-12-14 11 North Carolina* RTF 12 Up 1 ACC
4 1976-12-14 12 Nevada-Las Vegas* RF 5 Down 7 Ind
4 1976-12-14 13 Clemson  16 Up 3 ACC
4 1976-12-14 14 Maryland  17 Up 3 ACC
4 1976-12-14 15 Syracuse*  20 Up 5 Ind
4 1976-12-14 16 Indiana  13 Down 3 Big Ten
4 1976-12-14 17 Louisville* R 14 Down 3 Metro
4 1976-12-14 18 Southern Illinois* RT 18 NC MVC
4 1976-12-14 19 Arkansas* RT Up  SWC
4 1976-12-14 20 St. John's (NY)*  Up  NJNY7
Wk Date Rk School Prev Chng Conf
5 1976-12-21 1 Michigan* R 1 NC Big Ten
5 1976-12-21 2 Notre Dame*  4 Up 2 Ind
5 1976-12-21 3 San Francisco* R 5 Up 2 WCC
5 1976-12-21 4 Cincinnati* T 6 Up 2 Metro
5 1976-12-21 5 Alabama  7 Up 2 SEC
5 1976-12-21 6 Marquette* FN 2 Down 4 Ind
5 1976-12-21 7 Kentucky* R 3 Down 4 SEC
5 1976-12-21 8 UCLA* R 9 Up 1 Pac-8
5 1976-12-21 9 Wake Forest*  10 Up 1 ACC
5 1976-12-21 10 North Carolina* RTF 11 Up 1 ACC
5 1976-12-21 11 Clemson  13 Up 2 ACC
5 1976-12-21 12 Nevada-Las Vegas* RF 12 NC Ind
5 1976-12-21 13 Louisville* R 17 Up 4 Metro
5 1976-12-21 14 Arizona*  8 Down 6 WAC
5 1976-12-21 15 Maryland  14 Down 1 ACC
5 1976-12-21 16 Utah* R Up  WAC
5 1976-12-21 17 Syracuse*  15 Down 2 Ind
5 1976-12-21 18 Arkansas* RT 19 Up 1 SWC
5 1976-12-21 19 Tennessee* R Up  SEC
5 1976-12-21 20 Minnesota  Up  Big Ten
Wk Date Rk School Prev Chng Conf
6 1976-12-28 1 Michigan* R 1 NC Big Ten
6 1976-12-28 2 Notre Dame*  2 NC Ind
6 1976-12-28 3 San Francisco* R 3 NC WCC
6 1976-12-28 4 Alabama  5 Up 1 SEC
6 1976-12-28 5 Cincinnati* T 4 Down 1 Metro
6 1976-12-28 6 Kentucky* R 7 Up 1 SEC
6 1976-12-28 7 Wake Forest*  9 Up 2 ACC
6 1976-12-28 8 UCLA* R 8 NC Pac-8
6 1976-12-28 9 North Carolina* RTF 10 Up 1 ACC
6 1976-12-28 10 Clemson  11 Up 1 ACC
6 1976-12-28 11 Nevada-Las Vegas* RF 12 Up 1 Ind
6 1976-12-28 12 Marquette* FN 6 Down 6 Ind
6 1976-12-28 13 Arizona*  14 Up 1 WAC
6 1976-12-28 14 Louisville* R 13 Down 1 Metro
6 1976-12-28 15 Minnesota  20 Up 5 Big Ten
6 1976-12-28 16 Maryland  15 Down 1 ACC
6 1976-12-28 17 Arkansas* RT 18 Up 1 SWC
6 1976-12-28 18 Syracuse*  17 Down 1 Ind
6 1976-12-28 19 Utah* R 16 Down 3 WAC
6 1976-12-28 20 Auburn  Up  SEC
Wk Date Rk School Prev Chng Conf
7 1977-01-04 1 San Francisco* R 3 Up 2 WCC
7 1977-01-04 2 Cincinnati* T 5 Up 3 Metro
7 1977-01-04 3 Kentucky* R 6 Up 3 SEC
7 1977-01-04 4 Alabama  4 NC SEC
7 1977-01-04 5 Michigan* R 1 Down 4 Big Ten
7 1977-01-04 6 North Carolina* RTF 9 Up 3 ACC
7 1977-01-04 7 UCLA* R 8 Up 1 Pac-8
7 1977-01-04 8 Notre Dame*  2 Down 6 Ind
7 1977-01-04 9 Nevada-Las Vegas* RF 11 Up 2 Ind
7 1977-01-04 10 Wake Forest*  7 Down 3 ACC
7 1977-01-04 11 Arizona*  13 Up 2 WAC
7 1977-01-04 12 Marquette* FN 12 NC Ind
7 1977-01-04 13 Minnesota  15 Up 2 Big Ten
7 1977-01-04 14 Louisville* R 14 NC Metro
7 1977-01-04 15 Maryland  16 Up 1 ACC
7 1977-01-04 16 Clemson  10 Down 6 ACC
7 1977-01-04 17 Providence*  Up  Ind
7 1977-01-04 18 Arkansas* RT 17 Down 1 SWC
7 1977-01-04 19 Syracuse*  18 Down 1 Ind
7 1977-01-04 20 Memphis  Up  Metro
Wk Date Rk School Prev Chng Conf
8 1977-01-11 1 San Francisco* R 1 NC WCC
8 1977-01-11 2 Kentucky* R 3 Up 1 SEC
8 1977-01-11 3 Cincinnati* T 2 Down 1 Metro
8 1977-01-11 4 Alabama  4 NC SEC
8 1977-01-11 5 North Carolina* RTF 6 Up 1 ACC
8 1977-01-11 6 Michigan* R 5 Down 1 Big Ten
8 1977-01-11 7 Wake Forest*  10 Up 3 ACC
8 1977-01-11 8 Nevada-Las Vegas* RF 9 Up 1 Ind
8 1977-01-11 9 Minnesota  13 Up 4 Big Ten
8 1977-01-11 10 Arizona*  11 Up 1 WAC
8 1977-01-11 11 Marquette* FN 12 Up 1 Ind
8 1977-01-11 12 UCLA* R 7 Down 5 Pac-8
8 1977-01-11 13 Louisville* R 14 Up 1 Metro
8 1977-01-11 14 Maryland  15 Up 1 ACC
8 1977-01-11 15 Providence*  17 Up 2 Ind
8 1977-01-11 16 Arkansas* RT 18 Up 2 SWC
8 1977-01-11 17 Clemson  16 Down 1 ACC
8 1977-01-11 18 Memphis  20 Up 2 Metro
8 1977-01-11 19 Notre Dame*  8 Down 11 Ind
8 1977-01-11 20 Oregon  Up  Pac-8
Wk Date Rk School Prev Chng Conf
9 1977-01-18 1 San Francisco* R 1 NC WCC
9 1977-01-18 2 Cincinnati* T 3 Up 1 Metro
9 1977-01-18 3 Alabama  4 Up 1 SEC
9 1977-01-18 4 North Carolina* RTF 5 Up 1 ACC
9 1977-01-18 5 Michigan* R 6 Up 1 Big Ten
9 1977-01-18 6 Kentucky* R 2 Down 4 SEC
9 1977-01-18 7 Nevada-Las Vegas* RF 8 Up 1 Ind
9 1977-01-18 8 Marquette* FN 11 Up 3 Ind
9 1977-01-18 9 Wake Forest*  7 Down 2 ACC
9 1977-01-18 10 UCLA* R 12 Up 2 Pac-8
9 1977-01-18 11 Minnesota  9 Down 2 Big Ten
9 1977-01-18 12 Louisville* R 13 Up 1 Metro
9 1977-01-18 13 Maryland  14 Up 1 ACC
9 1977-01-18 14 Tennessee* R Up  SEC
9 1977-01-18 15 Providence*  15 NC Ind
9 1977-01-18 16 Arizona*  10 Down 6 WAC
9 1977-01-18 17 Arkansas* RT 16 Down 1 SWC
9 1977-01-18 18 Memphis  18 NC Metro
9 1977-01-18 19 Purdue*  Up  Big Ten
9 1977-01-18 20 Syracuse*  Up  Ind
Wk Date Rk School Prev Chng Conf
10 1977-01-25 1 San Francisco* R 1 NC WCC
10 1977-01-25 2 Michigan* R 5 Up 3 Big Ten
10 1977-01-25 3 Alabama  3 NC SEC
10 1977-01-25 4 North Carolina* RTF 4 NC ACC
10 1977-01-25 5 Nevada-Las Vegas* RF 7 Up 2 Ind
10 1977-01-25 6 Kentucky* R 6 NC SEC
10 1977-01-25 7 Tennessee* R 14 Up 7 SEC
10 1977-01-25 8 UCLA* R 10 Up 2 Pac-8
10 1977-01-25 9 Marquette* FN 8 Down 1 Ind
10 1977-01-25 10 Wake Forest*  9 Down 1 ACC
10 1977-01-25 11 Louisville* R 12 Up 1 Metro
10 1977-01-25 12 Cincinnati* T 2 Down 10 Metro
10 1977-01-25 13 Minnesota  11 Down 2 Big Ten
10 1977-01-25 14 Providence*  15 Up 1 Ind
10 1977-01-25 15 Arkansas* RT 17 Up 2 SWC
10 1977-01-25 16 Arizona*  16 NC WAC
10 1977-01-25 17 Syracuse*  20 Up 3 Ind
10 1977-01-25 18 Purdue*  19 Up 1 Big Ten
10 1977-01-25 19 Clemson  Up  ACC
10 1977-01-25 20 Memphis  18 Down 2 Metro
Wk Date Rk School Prev Chng Conf
11 1977-02-01 1 San Francisco* R 1 NC WCC
11 1977-02-01 2 UCLA* R 8 Up 6 Pac-8
11 1977-02-01 3 Kentucky* R 6 Up 3 SEC
11 1977-02-01 4 Nevada-Las Vegas* RF 5 Up 1 Ind
11 1977-02-01 5 Wake Forest*  10 Up 5 ACC
11 1977-02-01 6 Marquette* FN 9 Up 3 Ind
11 1977-02-01 7 Michigan* R 2 Down 5 Big Ten
11 1977-02-01 8 Alabama  3 Down 5 SEC
11 1977-02-01 9 Louisville* R 11 Up 2 Metro
11 1977-02-01 10 Minnesota  13 Up 3 Big Ten
11 1977-02-01 11 Tennessee* R 7 Down 4 SEC
11 1977-02-01 12 Cincinnati* T 12 NC Metro
11 1977-02-01 13 North Carolina* RTF 4 Down 9 ACC
11 1977-02-01 14 Arkansas* RT 15 Up 1 SWC
11 1977-02-01 15 Providence*  14 Down 1 Ind
11 1977-02-01 16 Clemson  19 Up 3 ACC
11 1977-02-01 17 Syracuse*  17 NC Ind
11 1977-02-01 18 Purdue*  18 NC Big Ten
11 1977-02-01 19 Arizona*  16 Down 3 WAC
11 1977-02-01 20 Detroit Mercy*  Up  Ind
Wk Date Rk School Prev Chng Conf
12 1977-02-08 1 San Francisco* R 1 NC WCC
12 1977-02-08 2 UCLA* R 2 NC Pac-8
12 1977-02-08 3 Kentucky* R 3 NC SEC
12 1977-02-08 4 Wake Forest*  5 Up 1 ACC
12 1977-02-08 5 Michigan* R 7 Up 2 Big Ten
12 1977-02-08 6 Louisville* R 9 Up 3 Metro
12 1977-02-08 7 Alabama  8 Up 1 SEC
12 1977-02-08 8 Minnesota  10 Up 2 Big Ten
12 1977-02-08 9 Marquette* FN 6 Down 3 Ind
12 1977-02-08 10 Nevada-Las Vegas* RF 4 Down 6 Ind
12 1977-02-08 11 Tennessee* R 11 NC SEC
12 1977-02-08 12 Cincinnati* T 12 NC Metro
12 1977-02-08 13 Arkansas* RT 14 Up 1 SWC
12 1977-02-08 14 North Carolina* RTF 13 Down 1 ACC
12 1977-02-08 15 Clemson  16 Up 1 ACC
12 1977-02-08 16 Providence*  15 Down 1 Ind
12 1977-02-08 17 Syracuse*  17 NC Ind
12 1977-02-08 18 Arizona*  19 Up 1 WAC
12 1977-02-08 19 Detroit Mercy*  20 Up 1 Ind
12 1977-02-08 20 Virginia Military Institute* RT Up  Southern
Wk Date Rk School Prev Chng Conf
13 1977-02-15 1 San Francisco* R 1 NC WCC
13 1977-02-15 2 Kentucky* R 3 Up 1 SEC
13 1977-02-15 3 UCLA* R 2 Down 1 Pac-8
13 1977-02-15 4 Alabama  7 Up 3 SEC
13 1977-02-15 5 Michigan* R 5 NC Big Ten
13 1977-02-15 6 Nevada-Las Vegas* RF 10 Up 4 Ind
13 1977-02-15 7 Wake Forest*  4 Down 3 ACC
13 1977-02-15 8 Louisville* R 6 Down 2 Metro
13 1977-02-15 9 Marquette* FN 9 NC Ind
13 1977-02-15 10 Cincinnati* T 12 Up 2 Metro
13 1977-02-15 11 Arkansas* RT 13 Up 2 SWC
13 1977-02-15 12 Minnesota  8 Down 4 Big Ten
13 1977-02-15 13 North Carolina* RTF 14 Up 1 ACC
13 1977-02-15 14 Tennessee* R 11 Down 3 SEC
13 1977-02-15 15 Detroit Mercy*  19 Up 4 Ind
13 1977-02-15 16 Providence*  16 NC Ind
13 1977-02-15 17 Arizona*  18 Up 1 WAC
13 1977-02-15 18 Clemson  15 Down 3 ACC
13 1977-02-15 19 Virginia Military Institute* RT 20 Up 1 Southern
13 1977-02-15 20 Syracuse*  17 Down 3 Ind
Wk Date Rk School Prev Chng Conf
14 1977-02-22 1 San Francisco* R 1 NC WCC
14 1977-02-22 2 Kentucky* R 2 NC SEC
14 1977-02-22 3 Michigan* R 5 Up 2 Big Ten
14 1977-02-22 4 Nevada-Las Vegas* RF 6 Up 2 Ind
14 1977-02-22 5 UCLA* R 3 Down 2 Pac-8
14 1977-02-22 6 Arkansas* RT 11 Up 5 SWC
14 1977-02-22 7 Tennessee* R 14 Up 7 SEC
14 1977-02-22 8 Alabama  4 Down 4 SEC
14 1977-02-22 9 North Carolina* RTF 13 Up 4 ACC
14 1977-02-22 10 Louisville* R 8 Down 2 Metro
14 1977-02-22 11 Wake Forest*  7 Down 4 ACC
14 1977-02-22 12 Providence*  16 Up 4 Ind
14 1977-02-22 13 Minnesota  12 Down 1 Big Ten
14 1977-02-22 14 Cincinnati* T 10 Down 4 Metro
14 1977-02-22 15 Syracuse*  20 Up 5 Ind
14 1977-02-22 16 Detroit Mercy*  15 Down 1 Ind
14 1977-02-22 17 Oregon  Up  Pac-8
14 1977-02-22 18 Marquette* FN 9 Down 9 Ind
14 1977-02-22 19 Clemson  18 Down 1 ACC
14 1977-02-22 20 Utah* R Up  WAC
Wk Date Rk School Prev Chng Conf
15 1977-03-01 1 San Francisco* R 1 NC WCC
15 1977-03-01 2 Kentucky* R 2 NC SEC
15 1977-03-01 3 Michigan* R 3 NC Big Ten
15 1977-03-01 4 UCLA* R 5 Up 1 Pac-8
15 1977-03-01 5 Nevada-Las Vegas* RF 4 Down 1 Ind
15 1977-03-01 6 North Carolina* RTF 9 Up 3 ACC
15 1977-03-01 7 Arkansas* RT 6 Down 1 SWC
15 1977-03-01 8 Providence*  12 Up 4 Ind
15 1977-03-01 9 Minnesota  13 Up 4 Big Ten
15 1977-03-01 10 Louisville* R 10 NC Metro
15 1977-03-01 11 Tennessee* R 7 Down 4 SEC
15 1977-03-01 12 Alabama  8 Down 4 SEC
15 1977-03-01 13 Syracuse*  15 Up 2 Ind
15 1977-03-01 14 Cincinnati* T 14 NC Metro
15 1977-03-01 15 Detroit Mercy*  16 Up 1 Ind
15 1977-03-01 16 Wake Forest*  11 Down 5 ACC
15 1977-03-01 17 Arizona*  Up  WAC
15 1977-03-01 18 Clemson  19 Up 1 ACC
15 1977-03-01 19 Marquette* FN 18 Down 1 Ind
15 1977-03-01 20 Utah* R 20 NC WAC
Wk Date Rk School Prev Chng Conf
16 1977-03-08 1 Michigan* R 3 Up 2 Big Ten
16 1977-03-08 2 UCLA* R 4 Up 2 Pac-8
16 1977-03-08 3 San Francisco* R 1 Down 2 WCC
16 1977-03-08 4 North Carolina* RTF 6 Up 2 ACC
16 1977-03-08 5 Nevada-Las Vegas* RF 5 NC Ind
16 1977-03-08 6 Kentucky* R 2 Down 4 SEC
16 1977-03-08 7 Tennessee* R 11 Up 4 SEC
16 1977-03-08 8 Arkansas* RT 7 Down 1 SWC
16 1977-03-08 9 Minnesota  9 NC Big Ten
16 1977-03-08 10 Syracuse*  13 Up 3 Ind
16 1977-03-08 11 Cincinnati* T 14 Up 3 Metro
16 1977-03-08 12 Alabama  12 NC SEC
16 1977-03-08 13 Providence*  8 Down 5 Ind
16 1977-03-08 14 Louisville* R 10 Down 4 Metro
16 1977-03-08 15 Notre Dame*  Up  Ind
16 1977-03-08 16 Marquette* FN 19 Up 3 Ind
16 1977-03-08 17 Detroit Mercy*  15 Down 2 Ind
16 1977-03-08 18 Charlotte* RTF Up  Sun Belt
16 1977-03-08 19 Utah* R 20 Up 1 WAC
16 1977-03-08 20 Arizona*  17 Down 3 WAC
Wk Date Rk School Prev Chng Conf
17 Final 1 Michigan* R 1 NC Big Ten
17 Final 2 UCLA* R 2 NC Pac-8
17 Final 3 Kentucky* R 6 Up 3 SEC
17 Final 4 Nevada-Las Vegas* RF 5 Up 1 Ind
17 Final 5 North Carolina* RTF 4 Down 1 ACC
17 Final 6 Syracuse*  10 Up 4 Ind
17 Final 7 Marquette* FN 16 Up 9 Ind
17 Final 8 San Francisco* R 3 Down 5 WCC
17 Final 9 Wake Forest*  Up  ACC
17 Final 10 Notre Dame*  15 Up 5 Ind
17 Final 11 Alabama  12 Up 1 SEC
17 Final 12 Detroit Mercy*  17 Up 5 Ind
17 Final 13 Minnesota  9 Down 4 Big Ten
17 Final 14 Utah* R 19 Up 5 WAC
17 Final 15 Tennessee* R 7 Down 8 SEC
17 Final 16 Kansas State* RT Up  Big 8
17 Final 17 Charlotte* RTF 18 Up 1 Sun Belt
17 Final 18 Arkansas* RT 8 Down 10 SWC
17 Final 19 Louisville* R 14 Down 5 Metro
17 Final 20 Virginia Military Institute* RT Up  Southern

Coaches' Polls

Wk Date Rk School Prev Chng Conf
1 Preseason 1 Marquette* FN NA — Ind
1 Preseason 2 Michigan* R NA — Big Ten
1 Preseason 3 North Carolina* RTF NA — ACC
1 Preseason 4 UCLA* R NA — Pac-8
1 Preseason 5 Indiana  NA — Big Ten
1 Preseason 6 Kentucky* R NA — SEC
1 Preseason 7 Nevada-Las Vegas* RF NA — Ind
1 Preseason 8 Louisville* R NA — Metro
1 Preseason 9 Arizona*  NA — WAC
1 Preseason 10 Cincinnati* T NA — Metro
1 Preseason 11 Maryland  NA — ACC
1 Preseason 12 San Francisco* R NA — WCC
1 Preseason 13 Tennessee* R NA — SEC
1 Preseason 14 North Carolina State  NA — ACC
1 Preseason 15 Missouri  NA — Big 8
1 Preseason 16 Wichita State  NA — MVC
1 Preseason 17 Georgetown  NA — Ind
1 Preseason 18 Rutgers R NA — ECBL
1 Preseason 19 Pennsylvania  NA — Ivy
1 Preseason 20 Purdue*  NA — Big Ten
Wk Date Rk School Prev Chng Conf
2 1976-12-07 1 Michigan* R 2 Up 1 Big Ten
2 1976-12-07 2 Marquette* FN 1 Down 1 Ind
2 1976-12-07 3 UCLA* R 4 Up 1 Pac-8
2 1976-12-07 4 Nevada-Las Vegas* RF 7 Up 3 Ind
2 1976-12-07 5 Kentucky* R 6 Up 1 SEC
2 1976-12-07 6 Alabama  Up  SEC
2 1976-12-07 7 Arizona*  9 Up 2 WAC
2 1976-12-07 8 San Francisco* R 12 Up 4 WCC
2 1976-12-07 9 North Carolina* RTF 3 Down 6 ACC
2 1976-12-07 10 Cincinnati* T 10 NC Metro
2 1976-12-07 11 Notre Dame*  Up  Ind
2 1976-12-07 12 Indiana  5 Down 7 Big Ten
2 1976-12-07 13 Tennessee* R 13 NC SEC
2 1976-12-07 14 Wake Forest*  Up  ACC
2 1976-12-07 15 Maryland  11 Down 4 ACC
2 1976-12-07 16 Louisville* R 8 Down 8 Metro
2 1976-12-07 17 Washington  Up  Pac-8
2 1976-12-07 18 Southern Illinois* RT Up  MVC
2 1976-12-07 19 Oregon  Up  Pac-8
2 1976-12-07 20 Clemson  Up  ACC
Wk Date Rk School Prev Chng Conf
3 1976-12-14 1 Michigan* R 1 NC Big Ten
3 1976-12-14 2 Marquette* FN 2 NC Ind
3 1976-12-14 3 Kentucky* R 5 Up 2 SEC
3 1976-12-14 4 Notre Dame*  11 Up 7 Ind
3 1976-12-14 5 San Francisco* R 8 Up 3 WCC
3 1976-12-14 6 North Carolina* RTF 9 Up 3 ACC
3 1976-12-14 7 Alabama  6 Down 1 SEC
3 1976-12-14 8 Arizona*  7 Down 1 WAC
3 1976-12-14 9 Cincinnati* T 10 Up 1 Metro
3 1976-12-14 10 UCLA* R 3 Down 7 Pac-8
3 1976-12-14 11 Nevada-Las Vegas* RF 4 Down 7 Ind
3 1976-12-14 12 Wake Forest*  14 Up 2 ACC
3 1976-12-14 13 Maryland  15 Up 2 ACC
3 1976-12-14 14 Clemson  20 Up 6 ACC
3 1976-12-14 15 Syracuse*  Up  Ind
3 1976-12-14 16 Southern Illinois* RT 18 Up 2 MVC
3 1976-12-14 17 Purdue*  Up  Big Ten
3 1976-12-14 18 Minnesota  Up  Big Ten
3 1976-12-14 19 Indiana  12 Down 7 Big Ten
3 1976-12-14 20 Oregon  19 Down 1 Pac-8
Wk Date Rk School Prev Chng Conf
4 1976-12-21 1 Michigan* R 1 NC Big Ten
4 1976-12-21 2 Notre Dame*  4 Up 2 Ind
4 1976-12-21 3 San Francisco* R 5 Up 2 WCC
4 1976-12-21 4 Alabama  7 Up 3 SEC
4 1976-12-21 5 Marquette* FN 2 Down 3 Ind
4 1976-12-21 6 Cincinnati* T 9 Up 3 Metro
4 1976-12-21 7 Kentucky* R 3 Down 4 SEC
4 1976-12-21 8 UCLA* R 10 Up 2 Pac-8
4 1976-12-21 9 North Carolina* RTF 6 Down 3 ACC
4 1976-12-21 10 Clemson  14 Up 4 ACC
4 1976-12-21 11 Nevada-Las Vegas* RF 11 NC Ind
4 1976-12-21 12 Wake Forest*  12 NC ACC
4 1976-12-21 13 Louisville* R Up  Metro
4 1976-12-21 14 Arizona*  8 Down 6 WAC
4 1976-12-21 15 Utah* R Up  WAC
4 1976-12-21 16 Minnesota  18 Up 2 Big Ten
4 1976-12-21 17 Syracuse*  15 Down 2 Ind
4 1976-12-21 18 Oregon  20 Up 2 Pac-8
4 1976-12-21 19 Missouri  Up  Big 8
4 1976-12-21 20 Georgetown  Up  Ind
Wk Date Rk School Prev Chng Conf
5 1976-12-28 1 Michigan* R 1 NC Big Ten
5 1976-12-28 2 Notre Dame*  2 NC Ind
5 1976-12-28 3 San Francisco* R 3 NC WCC
5 1976-12-28 4 Alabama  4 NC SEC
5 1976-12-28 5 Cincinnati* T 6 Up 1 Metro
5 1976-12-28 6 North Carolina* RTF 9 Up 3 ACC
5 1976-12-28 7 Kentucky* R 7 NC SEC
5 1976-12-28 8 UCLA* R 8 NC Pac-8
5 1976-12-28 9 Nevada-Las Vegas* RF 11 Up 2 Ind
5 1976-12-28 10 Wake Forest*  12 Up 2 ACC
5 1976-12-28 11 Clemson  10 Down 1 ACC
5 1976-12-28 12 Minnesota  16 Up 4 Big Ten
5 1976-12-28 13 Arizona*  14 Up 1 WAC
5 1976-12-28 14 Marquette* FN 5 Down 9 Ind
5 1976-12-28 15 Louisville* R 13 Down 2 Metro
5 1976-12-28 16 Maryland  Up  ACC
5 1976-12-28 17 Arkansas* RT Up  SWC
5 1976-12-28 18 Syracuse*  17 Down 1 Ind
5 1976-12-28 19 Iowa  Up  Big Ten
5 1976-12-28 20 Oregon  18 Down 2 Pac-8
Wk Date Rk School Prev Chng Conf
6 1977-01-04 1 San Francisco* R 3 Up 2 WCC
6 1977-01-04 2 Kentucky* R 7 Up 5 SEC
6 1977-01-04 3 Michigan* R 1 Down 2 Big Ten
6 1977-01-04 4 Cincinnati* T 5 Up 1 Metro
6 1977-01-04 5 Alabama  4 Down 1 SEC
6 1977-01-04 6 UCLA* R 8 Up 2 Pac-8
6 1977-01-04 7 North Carolina* RTF 6 Down 1 ACC
6 1977-01-04 8 Notre Dame*  2 Down 6 Ind
6 1977-01-04 9 Nevada-Las Vegas* RF 9 NC Ind
6 1977-01-04 10 Arizona*  13 Up 3 WAC
6 1977-01-04 11 Marquette* FN 14 Up 3 Ind
6 1977-01-04 12 Minnesota  12 NC Big Ten
6 1977-01-04 13 Wake Forest*  10 Down 3 ACC
6 1977-01-04 14 Providence*  Up  Ind
6 1977-01-04 15 Clemson  11 Down 4 ACC
6 1977-01-04 16 Louisville* R 15 Down 1 Metro
6 1977-01-04 17 Missouri  Up  Big 8
6 1977-01-04 18 Maryland  16 Down 2 ACC
6 1977-01-04 18 Purdue*  Up  Big Ten
6 1977-01-04 20 Utah* R Up  WAC
Wk Date Rk School Prev Chng Conf
7 1977-01-11 1 San Francisco* R 1 NC WCC
7 1977-01-11 2 Cincinnati* T 4 Up 2 Metro
7 1977-01-11 3 Kentucky* R 2 Down 1 SEC
7 1977-01-11 4 Alabama  5 Up 1 SEC
7 1977-01-11 5 North Carolina* RTF 7 Up 2 ACC
7 1977-01-11 6 Michigan* R 3 Down 3 Big Ten
7 1977-01-11 7 Nevada-Las Vegas* RF 9 Up 2 Ind
7 1977-01-11 8 Wake Forest*  13 Up 5 ACC
7 1977-01-11 9 Marquette* FN 11 Up 2 Ind
7 1977-01-11 10 Arizona*  10 NC WAC
7 1977-01-11 11 Minnesota  12 Up 1 Big Ten
7 1977-01-11 12 UCLA* R 6 Down 6 Pac-8
7 1977-01-11 13 Purdue*  18 Up 5 Big Ten
7 1977-01-11 14 Louisville* R 16 Up 2 Metro
7 1977-01-11 15 Oregon  Up  Pac-8
7 1977-01-11 16 Arkansas* RT Up  SWC
7 1977-01-11 17 Tennessee* R Up  SEC
7 1977-01-11 18 Providence*  14 Down 4 Ind
7 1977-01-11 19 Holy Cross*  Up  Ind
7 1977-01-11 19 St. John's (NY)*  Up  NJNY7
Wk Date Rk School Prev Chng Conf
8 1977-01-18 1 San Francisco* R 1 NC WCC
8 1977-01-18 2 North Carolina* RTF 5 Up 3 ACC
8 1977-01-18 3 Cincinnati* T 2 Down 1 Metro
8 1977-01-18 4 Alabama  4 NC SEC
8 1977-01-18 5 Michigan* R 6 Up 1 Big Ten
8 1977-01-18 6 Nevada-Las Vegas* RF 7 Up 1 Ind
8 1977-01-18 7 Kentucky* R 3 Down 4 SEC
8 1977-01-18 8 Marquette* FN 9 Up 1 Ind
8 1977-01-18 9 Wake Forest*  8 Down 1 ACC
8 1977-01-18 10 UCLA* R 12 Up 2 Pac-8
8 1977-01-18 11 Tennessee* R 17 Up 6 SEC
8 1977-01-18 12 Purdue*  13 Up 1 Big Ten
8 1977-01-18 13 Minnesota  11 Down 2 Big Ten
8 1977-01-18 14 Arizona*  10 Down 4 WAC
8 1977-01-18 15 Arkansas* RT 16 Up 1 SWC
8 1977-01-18 16 Louisville* R 14 Down 2 Metro
8 1977-01-18 17 Providence*  18 Up 1 Ind
8 1977-01-18 18 Maryland  Up  ACC
8 1977-01-18 19 Memphis  Up  Metro
8 1977-01-18 20 Utah* R Up  WAC
Wk Date Rk School Prev Chng Conf
9 1977-01-25 1 San Francisco* R 1 NC WCC
9 1977-01-25 2 Michigan* R 5 Up 3 Big Ten
9 1977-01-25 3 North Carolina* RTF 2 Down 1 ACC
9 1977-01-25 4 Alabama  4 NC SEC
9 1977-01-25 5 Nevada-Las Vegas* RF 6 Up 1 Ind
9 1977-01-25 6 Tennessee* R 11 Up 5 SEC
9 1977-01-25 7 Kentucky* R 7 NC SEC
9 1977-01-25 8 Marquette* FN 8 NC Ind
9 1977-01-25 9 UCLA* R 10 Up 1 Pac-8
9 1977-01-25 10 Louisville* R 16 Up 6 Metro
9 1977-01-25 11 Wake Forest*  9 Down 2 ACC
9 1977-01-25 12 Cincinnati* T 3 Down 9 Metro
9 1977-01-25 13 Arizona*  14 Up 1 WAC
9 1977-01-25 14 Minnesota  13 Down 1 Big Ten
9 1977-01-25 15 Providence*  17 Up 2 Ind
9 1977-01-25 16 Arkansas* RT 15 Down 1 SWC
9 1977-01-25 17 Purdue*  12 Down 5 Big Ten
9 1977-01-25 18 Oregon  Up  Pac-8
9 1977-01-25 19 Indiana State  Up  MVC
9 1977-01-25 20 Missouri  Up  Big 8
Wk Date Rk School Prev Chng Conf
10 1977-02-01 1 San Francisco* R 1 NC WCC
10 1977-02-01 2 UCLA* R 9 Up 7 Pac-8
10 1977-02-01 3 Nevada-Las Vegas* RF 5 Up 2 Ind
10 1977-02-01 4 Marquette* FN 8 Up 4 Ind
10 1977-02-01 5 Michigan* R 2 Down 3 Big Ten
10 1977-02-01 6 Kentucky* R 7 Up 1 SEC
10 1977-02-01 7 Louisville* R 10 Up 3 Metro
10 1977-02-01 8 Wake Forest*  11 Up 3 ACC
10 1977-02-01 9 Alabama  4 Down 5 SEC
10 1977-02-01 10 Tennessee* R 6 Down 4 SEC
10 1977-02-01 11 Cincinnati* T 12 Up 1 Metro
10 1977-02-01 12 North Carolina* RTF 3 Down 9 ACC
10 1977-02-01 13 Arkansas* RT 16 Up 3 SWC
10 1977-02-01 14 Purdue*  17 Up 3 Big Ten
10 1977-02-01 15 Arizona*  13 Down 2 WAC
10 1977-02-01 16 Minnesota  14 Down 2 Big Ten
10 1977-02-01 17 Providence*  15 Down 2 Ind
10 1977-02-01 18 Clemson  Up  ACC
10 1977-02-01 19 Missouri  20 Up 1 Big 8
10 1977-02-01 20 Utah* R Up  WAC
Wk Date Rk School Prev Chng Conf
11 1977-02-08 1 San Francisco* R 1 NC WCC
11 1977-02-08 2 UCLA* R 2 NC Pac-8
11 1977-02-08 3 Louisville* R 7 Up 4 Metro
11 1977-02-08 4 Michigan* R 5 Up 1 Big Ten
11 1977-02-08 5 Kentucky* R 6 Up 1 SEC
11 1977-02-08 6 Wake Forest*  8 Up 2 ACC
11 1977-02-08 7 Marquette* FN 4 Down 3 Ind
11 1977-02-08 8 Nevada-Las Vegas* RF 3 Down 5 Ind
11 1977-02-08 9 Alabama  9 NC SEC
11 1977-02-08 10 Tennessee* R 10 NC SEC
11 1977-02-08 11 Cincinnati* T 11 NC Metro
11 1977-02-08 12 North Carolina* RTF 12 NC ACC
11 1977-02-08 12 Arkansas* RT 13 Up 1 SWC
11 1977-02-08 14 Arizona*  15 Up 1 WAC
11 1977-02-08 14 Minnesota  16 Up 2 Big Ten
11 1977-02-08 16 Providence*  17 Up 1 Ind
11 1977-02-08 17 Utah* R 20 Up 3 WAC
11 1977-02-08 18 Missouri  19 Up 1 Big 8
11 1977-02-08 19 Syracuse*  Up  Ind
11 1977-02-08 20 Clemson  18 Down 2 ACC
Wk Date Rk School Prev Chng Conf
12 1977-02-15 1 San Francisco* R 1 NC WCC
12 1977-02-15 2 Kentucky* R 5 Up 3 SEC
12 1977-02-15 3 UCLA* R 2 Down 1 Pac-8
12 1977-02-15 4 Michigan* R 4 NC Big Ten
12 1977-02-15 5 Louisville* R 3 Down 2 Metro
12 1977-02-15 6 Marquette* FN 7 Up 1 Ind
12 1977-02-15 7 Nevada-Las Vegas* RF 8 Up 1 Ind
12 1977-02-15 8 Alabama  9 Up 1 SEC
12 1977-02-15 9 Wake Forest*  6 Down 3 ACC
12 1977-02-15 10 Arkansas* RT 12 Up 2 SWC
12 1977-02-15 11 North Carolina* RTF 12 Up 1 ACC
12 1977-02-15 12 Cincinnati* T 11 Down 1 Metro
12 1977-02-15 13 Tennessee* R 10 Down 3 SEC
12 1977-02-15 14 Arizona*  14 NC WAC
12 1977-02-15 15 Minnesota  14 Down 1 Big Ten
12 1977-02-15 16 Providence*  16 NC Ind
12 1977-02-15 17 Notre Dame*  Up  Ind
12 1977-02-15 18 Syracuse*  19 Up 1 Ind
12 1977-02-15 19 Detroit Mercy*  Up  Ind
12 1977-02-15 20 Clemson  20 NC ACC
Wk Date Rk School Prev Chng Conf
13 1977-02-22 1 San Francisco* R 1 NC WCC
13 1977-02-22 2 Kentucky* R 2 NC SEC
13 1977-02-22 3 Michigan* R 4 Up 1 Big Ten
13 1977-02-22 4 Nevada-Las Vegas* RF 7 Up 3 Ind
13 1977-02-22 5 Tennessee* R 13 Up 8 SEC
13 1977-02-22 6 UCLA* R 3 Down 3 Pac-8
13 1977-02-22 7 Arkansas* RT 10 Up 3 SWC
13 1977-02-22 8 North Carolina* RTF 11 Up 3 ACC
13 1977-02-22 9 Wake Forest*  9 NC ACC
13 1977-02-22 10 Louisville* R 5 Down 5 Metro
13 1977-02-22 11 Alabama  8 Down 3 SEC
13 1977-02-22 12 Providence*  16 Up 4 Ind
13 1977-02-22 13 Syracuse*  18 Up 5 Ind
13 1977-02-22 14 Utah* R Up  WAC
13 1977-02-22 15 Creighton  Up  MVC
13 1977-02-22 16 Minnesota  15 Down 1 Big Ten
13 1977-02-22 17 Cincinnati* T 12 Down 5 Metro
13 1977-02-22 18 Detroit Mercy*  19 Up 1 Ind
13 1977-02-22 19 Houston  Up  SWC
13 1977-02-22 19 Oral Roberts  Up  Ind
Wk Date Rk School Prev Chng Conf
14 1977-03-01 1 San Francisco* R 1 NC WCC
14 1977-03-01 2 Kentucky* R 2 NC SEC
14 1977-03-01 3 Michigan* R 3 NC Big Ten
14 1977-03-01 4 UCLA* R 6 Up 2 Pac-8
14 1977-03-01 5 North Carolina* RTF 8 Up 3 ACC
14 1977-03-01 6 Nevada-Las Vegas* RF 4 Down 2 Ind
14 1977-03-01 7 Arkansas* RT 7 NC SWC
14 1977-03-01 8 Providence*  12 Up 4 Ind
14 1977-03-01 9 Louisville* R 10 Up 1 Metro
14 1977-03-01 10 Tennessee* R 5 Down 5 SEC
14 1977-03-01 11 Syracuse*  13 Up 2 Ind
14 1977-03-01 12 Alabama  11 Down 1 SEC
14 1977-03-01 13 Minnesota  16 Up 3 Big Ten
14 1977-03-01 14 Wake Forest*  9 Down 5 ACC
14 1977-03-01 15 Arizona*  Up  WAC
14 1977-03-01 16 Indiana State  Up  MVC
14 1977-03-01 17 Detroit Mercy*  18 Up 1 Ind
14 1977-03-01 18 Houston  19 Up 1 SWC
14 1977-03-01 19 Oral Roberts  19 NC Ind
14 1977-03-01 20 Cincinnati* T 17 Down 3 Metro
Wk Date Rk School Prev Chng Conf
15 1977-03-08 1 Michigan* R 3 Up 2 Big Ten
15 1977-03-08 2 San Francisco* R 1 Down 1 WCC
15 1977-03-08 3 North Carolina* RTF 5 Up 2 ACC
15 1977-03-08 4 UCLA* R 4 NC Pac-8
15 1977-03-08 5 Kentucky* R 2 Down 3 SEC
15 1977-03-08 6 Nevada-Las Vegas* RF 6 NC Ind
15 1977-03-08 7 Arkansas* RT 7 NC SWC
15 1977-03-08 8 Tennessee* R 10 Up 2 SEC
15 1977-03-08 9 Syracuse*  11 Up 2 Ind
15 1977-03-08 10 Utah* R Up  WAC
15 1977-03-08 11 Kansas State* RT Up  Big 8
15 1977-03-08 12 Cincinnati* T 20 Up 8 Metro
15 1977-03-08 13 Louisville* R 9 Down 4 Metro
15 1977-03-08 14 Marquette* FN Up  Ind
15 1977-03-08 15 Providence*  8 Down 7 Ind
15 1977-03-08 16 Indiana State  16 NC MVC
15 1977-03-08 17 Minnesota  13 Down 4 Big Ten
15 1977-03-08 18 Alabama  12 Down 6 SEC
15 1977-03-08 19 Detroit Mercy*  17 Down 2 Ind
15 1977-03-08 20 Purdue*  Up  Big Ten